Note 322 — Chapter XV · THE FIRST BATTALION. 1900-1902. SOUTH AFRICA (continued). SLABBERT’S NEK: THE BRANDWATER BASIN: BERGENDAL: MONUMENT HILL: LYDENBURG: THE MOUNTED INFANTRY OF THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT. (continued 2)

This man’s death was a sad one: he fell down a well, 45 feet deep, at Needspan, and his body was not discovered for several days. An officer writes of him: “he was one of the best soldiers and the cheeriest of men whom I have ever met; and his behaviour both in camp and field was excellent.”